Photography Thailand Forum

[Renato]

I took these photos on top of my condo with a Konica-Minolta 5D, the second photo is with an orange filter. Just trying to test the outcome.Jingle52648

[kittyb]

Dear Jingle52648,

I like the monotoness of your second picture taken with the color filter. :) Hope to see more of your photos.
KittyB

[Marc Schultz]

Hi Jingle,

Nice shots of All Seasons Place.

A couple of quick observations if I may.

Night shots are typically taken at dusk or a time that is known as "The Blue Hour". By taking them a bit earlier in the evening, you will find you will pick up a bit of color detail in the sky such that the sky is not completely black. This will also result in less noise and building lights end up resulting in less over-exposure.

Also, if you want to make that orange effect you can probably do that in Camera RAW in Photoshop just as easily without using a filter (assuming you are shooting in RAW) by moving the white balance slider up to about 6,000 Kva. Alternatively, if you are shooting as JPG, you can put the white balance setting on your camera to the Flash mode when you are shooting and the effect should be the same of the adjustment in Camera RAW I just suggested.

Hope this helps...

[Renato]

Hi Marc,
Thanks for the advise, I will try it again following your suggestions. I didn't have any idea of what the effect I will get as I was just trying the DSLR which I bought  a few days back, my first one so you can see that I hardly know all the functions then. I also did not have the chance to use a tripod as the walls on the rooftop are much higher than the tripod itself so I had to make use of the wall holding the camera against its base. I like night shots and I had some good ones with my SLR but not with a digital camera. I still have to use the RAW shooting with my camera though.

This is one reason why I joined this Forum as I am sure a lot of nice people will surely give me advise on how to improve my photography skills like yourself.Jingle52648

[Renato]

Hi KittyB,
Thanks, I am just trying to see what I can get with the use of the orange filter with the DSLR then, I still have to learn more on night shooting with the DSLR and Marc had given me some very useful advise as well. Jingle52648

[anna]

Hi, Jingle.  I like the second one with the filter, looks more dramatic.  I rarely take night shots because I mostly don't get good results but I do like looking at night photos.  Please share some more and hopefully it will encourage me to try some more as well.  Thanks.  Anna

[Renato]

Hi Anna,
Thanks, actually I also like night shots as you can get rid of the unwanted part compared to when it is taken at daylight. I have quite a few collections of night photos but unfortunately they were not taken in Thailand. Try it and soon you will be able to come up with good shots. It may not be a professional shot but I am glad some people like you appreciate it.Jingle52648